He said the pilgrims would now be flown tomorrow and the remaining ones would catch the flight on Monday.

More than 10,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir are expected to perform the Haj pilgrimage this year as the Centre has given an additional quota of 4,000 to the state. The number of pilgrims is nearly 1,000 more than last year's.

The state Haj Committee in collaboration with Air-India is operating direct flights between Srinagar and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia for the past three years.